OAE/Volkov | Classical review

Royal Festival Hall, LondonIlan Volkov faced an unenviable task when Sir Charles Mackerras's poor health forced him to withdraw from the climactic concert of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's Beethoven series. To take over from such a revered conductor whose work with this band has provided some of this country's most memorable orchestral music-making of the last decade, and in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony of all pieces, was a tall order indeed. Volkov did his best, but we missed Mackerr...

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